diff --git a/pkg/cmd/search/prs/prs.go b/pkg/cmd/search/prs/prs.go
index fc68e51cc..96620d1aa 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/search/prs/prs.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/search/prs/prs.go
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ func NewCmdPrs(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(*shared.IssuesOptions) error) *cobr
 
 			# search pull requests without label "bug"
 			$ gh search prs -- -label:bug
+
+			# search pull requests only from un-archived repositories (default is all repositories)
+  		$ gh search prs --owner github --archived=false
     `),
 		RunE: func(c *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			if len(args) == 0 && c.Flags().NFlag() == 0 {
@@ -145,7 +148,7 @@ func NewCmdPrs(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(*shared.IssuesOptions) error) *cobr
 
 	// Issue query qualifier flags
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&appAuthor, "app", "", "Filter by GitHub App author")
-	cmdutil.NilBoolFlag(cmd, &opts.Query.Qualifiers.Archived, "archived", "", "Restrict search to archived repositories")
+	cmdutil.NilBoolFlag(cmd, &opts.Query.Qualifiers.Archived, "archived", "", "Filter based on status of the repository archived status {true|false}")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&opts.Query.Qualifiers.Assignee, "assignee", "", "Filter by assignee")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&opts.Query.Qualifiers.Author, "author", "", "Filter by author")
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&opts.Query.Qualifiers.Closed, "closed", "", "Filter on closed at `date`")